Nevada Revised Statutes Title 20. Counties and Townships: Formation, Government and Officers § 253.042. Investigatory powers

1. Require any spouse, parent, child or other kindred of the decedent to give any information and to execute any written requests or authorizations necessary to provide the public administrator or person with access to records, otherwise confidential, needed to evaluate the public administrator's or person's eligibility to serve.

2. Obtain information from the public records in any office of the State or any of its agencies or subdivisions upon request and without payment of any fee.

3. Investigate the assets and personal and family history of any decedent for whom he or she has been requested to serve as administrator, without hiring or being licensed as a private investigator pursuant to chapter 648 of NRS.